UN Population Projections See Global Fertility Decline
Global population will peak sooner and at lower levels than previously thought, according to the latest UN population projections.
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ANALYSIS: “Keeping Girls in School Act” has Little to Do with Keeping Girls in School
There was an eerie silence, a feeling of apprehension in the House Foreign Affairs Committee as Congressman Gregory Meeks called for comments on the “Keeping Girls in School Act” last week.
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Western NGOs Target East Africa
An obscure intergovernmental body in Africa is debating a controversial health bill that would impose a right to abortion on seven east African countries where abortion is mostly restricted—Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Is U.S. Dobbs Decision Affecting the Global Abortion Debate?
The UK government quietly removed abortion friendly language from a statement on religious freedom. It has drawn a strong rebuke from the sexual left that worries the recent Dobbs decision overturning the federal abortion regime in the United States may be causing negative reverberations around the world.
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Western Countries Push Hard on Trans/Homosexual Issues at High-Level Forum
Western delegates made it plainly known that “gender equality” includes homosexual and transgender ideology and much more at the High-Level Forum on Sustainable Development which concluded last week.
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WHO Announces Plan to Mainstream Gender Ideology
The Word Health Organization (WHO) announced it is updating its manual on “gender mainstreaming” claiming that “gender identity exists on a continuum and that sex is not limited to male or female.”
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Netherlands Human Rights Record Criticized Because of Euthanasia and Abortion
In a submission to the UN Human Rights Council, C-Fam, publisher of the Friday Fax, accused the Netherlands of violating the rights of children and elderly persons through its liberal abortion and euthanasia laws.
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U.S. House Tries to Codify Roe v. Wade Again, Bill Heads to the Senate
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) today, legislation that cites the non-binding opinions of UN human rights treaty monitoring bodies that abortion be “accessible” and “affordable” and condemning restrictions and barriers to abortion.
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Biden Administration and UNFPA Denounce Dobbs Ruling at D.C. Event
The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down a national right to abortion was foremost in everyone’s mind at an event launching the UN Population Fund’s latest flagship report.
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Homosexual and Transgender Issues Backfire on Western States at UN
The UN Czar for homosexual and transgender issues narrowly survived a fierce challenge in the Human Rights Council this week, as Muslim countries, increasingly frustrated by what they see as Western cultural imperialism, fought back.
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Rich White Sweden Targets Poor Black Africa
Sweden, along with other Nordic countries, have been longtime leaders in the effort to create an international human right to abortion. A recently launched strategy document from the Swedish government outlines its plan to push “sexual and reproductive health and rights” (SRHR)—including abortion—in the African region.
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Guatemalan President Accuses OAS of Extortion on Abortion and Transgender Ideology
Guatemala’s president, Alejandro Giammattei, accused the Inter-American Human Rights Commission of “extortion” to promote abortion and transgender ideology.
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UN Bureaucrats Lash Out Angrily at U.S. Abortion Ruling
UN bureaucrats and human rights experts lost no time in denouncing the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the almost-fifty-year-old ruling that made abortion on demand the law of the U.S.
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Biden Launches Global Campaign Against “Conversion Therapy”
The Biden White House announced a global campaign to eradicate any kind of therapy and counseling to help persons who struggle with unwanted same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria.
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What Effect Will Dobbs Have on the International Abortion Debate?
It’s not just Americans on needles and pins about the impending Supreme Court decision that may overturn the federal abortion regime established with the Roe v. Wade decision from 1973. Foreigners are watching and waiting, too.
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EU Parliament Attacks U.S. Supreme Court
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution attacking the U.S. Supreme Court and pro-life Americans for efforts to overturn the federal abortion regime in the United States.
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UN Human Rights Chief Bashes U.S. on Abortion
Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, criticized the U.S. for the expectation that the Supreme Court will overturn the federal abortion regime. At the same time, Bachelet praised Latin American countries that have recently liberalized their abortion laws.
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European Union Backs UN Resolution to Make Abortion a Human Right
The European Union is stealthily backing a UN resolution to declare a human right to “safe abortion.”
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Racist Population Control Polices Impede Access to Optimal Health
The UN’s special expert on the right to health, who has generated controversy for her prior work as an abortionist and her advocacy of prostitution, has announced that her next annual report will focus on the effect of racism on health worldwide.
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Global South Revolts Against Western Sexual Agenda at World Health Assembly
In a statement of defiance against Western pressure on sexual mores, over 120 countries rejected a U.S.-backed global strategy to address HIV/AIDS because it promotes the homosexual/trans agenda and sexual autonomy for children.
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WHO Abortion Guidelines Written and Funded by Abortion Activists
Earlier this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) published guidelines calling for legal abortion on demand through all stages of pregnancy and limiting the ability of doctors to conscientiously object. A new analysis shows the influence of abortion groups in drafting the document.
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ANALYSIS: Global Rule by Experts is a Reality and a Risk to Self-Government
The World Health Assembly has voted to give the World Health Organization significantly more money from member states. However, the body is still negotiating whether to give more powers to the agency’s experts in health emergencies.
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U.S. Lawmakers Condemn New WHO Abortion Guidelines
In a bi-cameral letter released on the eve of the World Health Assembly, U.S. Congressmen have condemned the World Health Organization’s abortion guidelines as “extreme” and “reckless.”
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Colombia Joins Pro-Life Geneva Consensus Declaration
The government of Colombia joined the Geneva Consensus Declaration, a pro-life and pro-family diplomatic agreement launched under the Trump administration, to fight back attempts to make abortion a human right and redefine the family.
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Warsaw Conference Celebrates Contributions of John Paul II on Natural Law and Human Rights
On what would have been his 102nd birthday, scholars from around the world descended on St. John Paul II’s native Poland to examine his legacy in international human rights. Speakers focused on the ways that he promoted human life and the family at the international level during his 26-year pontificate.
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